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An American cast-iron Dutch oven, 1896. In Asia, particularly China, India, Korea and Japan, there is a long history of cooking with cast-iron vessels. The first mention of a cast-iron kettle in English appeared in 679 or 680, though this wasn't the first use of metal vessels for cooking.
A collection of vintage cast iron cookware. Most of the major manufacturers of cast iron cookware in the United States began production in the late 1800s or early 1900s. Cast-iron cookware and stoves were especially popular among homemakers and housekeepers during the first half of the 20th century.
Griswold "slant logo" cast-iron skillet, manufactured approximately 1915 Griswold "small logo" cast-iron skillet, manufactured between 1940 and 1957. Griswold cast-iron pots and pans, skillets, dutch ovens, and other kitchen items had a reputation for high quality, and they are well known to antique collectors and sellers. The easily recognized ...
The Wagner Manufacturing Company was a family-owned manufacturer of cast iron and aluminum products based in Sidney, Ohio, US.It made products for domestic use such as frying pans, casseroles, kettles and baking trays, and also made metal products other than cookware.
Cast iron is made from pig iron, which is the product of melting iron ore in a blast furnace. Cast iron can be made directly from the molten pig iron or by re-melting pig iron, [4] often along with substantial quantities of iron, steel, limestone, carbon (coke) and taking various steps to remove undesirable contaminants.
A potbelly stove is a cast-iron, coal-burning or wood-burning stove that is cylindrical with a bulge in the middle. [1] The name is derived from the resemblance of the stove to a fat person's pot belly. Potbelly stoves were used to heat large rooms and were often found in train stations or one-room schoolhouses. The flat top of the stove allows ...
In 2002, Lodge became the first cast-iron cookware manufacturer to season their products in the foundry. [6] [7] In 2013, Lodge started their carbon steel cookware line making high-quality carbon steel cookware. [8] Lodge introduced a line of enameled cast-iron cookware in 2005; this was to match the ability of European manufacturers' abilities.
Cast iron development lagged in Europe because wrought iron was the desired product and the intermediate step of producing cast iron involved an expensive blast furnace and further refining of pig iron to cast iron, which then required a labor and capital intensive conversion to wrought iron.